Community

Students from Hillhurst School creating Doppel during Let's Create an Opera

Building generations of opera lovers.

Education programs are an essential part of what we do, enriching the experiences of our current patrons and building audiences for tomorrow through student and young people outreach. This includes great programs like Let’s Create an Opera that gives students the opportunity to create their own original opera, the Opera in Schools Tour that brings one-act operas into schools performed by Calgary Opera’s Emerging Artists, and Allegro Group for those opera lovers (or soon to be opera lovers) under 35.

Thank you to Repsol and TD for believing that arts can make a positive difference to the lives of young people. We thank them for their generous support of our community programs.

Discover The Opera

Emerging Artists

Discover everything you need to know about opera, and Calgary Opera.

This section will teach you everything you need to know about Calgary opera, and opera - from buying a ticket to shouting Toi Toi Toi! at the end of the performance, and everything in-between. You can also discover our Emerging Artist Development Program. Each season, Calgary Opera provides up to eight young singers with the opportunity to study and perform under a highly prestigious professional staff of teachers and performers. This program acts as a bridge between post-secondary education and the professional opera world.

Enbridge believes in making communities culturally vibrant through investments in the arts. We thank them for their generous support of our Emerging Artist program.

Support

Our Future Home

We thrive with your support.

Ticket sales cover less than a third of the cost of producing live opera, even on sold-out shows. We rely on government funding, sponsorships from corporations, and charitable donations to ensure that opera is alive and well for our community.

Bob McPhee Grand Salute

Join us for a star-studded Grand Salute to Bob McPhee

Celebrate with Calgary Opera, Calgary Opera Chorus, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and a star-studded cast of Canada's foremost opera performers, as we pay tribute to W.R. (Bob) McPhee, C.M., LLD (Hon) on his retirement, and new role as Special Advisor.

All proceeds, along with any donation gifts in lieu, go directly to Calgary Opera's Endowment for New Works and Emerging Artists. These funds are eligible for matching from the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Calgary Foundation. Thanks to all artists and performers who have donated their services for this evening's fundraising effort, in honour of Bob McPhee.